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Webster 1913 Edition


Male

Male

(māl)
,
Adj.
[L.
malus
. See
Malice
.]
Evil; wicked; bad.
[Obs.]
Marston.

Male

,
Noun.
Same as
Mail
, a bag.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Male

,
Adj.
[F.
mâle
, OF.
masle
,
mascle
, fr. L.
masculus
male, masculine, dim. of
mas
a male; possibly akin to E.
man
. Cf.
Masculine
,
Marry
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as,
male
organs
.
2.
(Bot.)
Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; – said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
3.
Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine;
as,
male
courage
.
4.
Consisting of males;
as, a
male
choir
.
5.
(Mech.)
Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits;
as, a
male
gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male
screw, etc.
Male fern
(Bot.)
,
a fern of the genus
Aspidium
(
Aspidium Filixmas
), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm.
Aspidium marginale
in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum
in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern
, under
Female
.
Male rhyme
,
a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See
Female rhyme
, under
Female
.
Male screw
(Mech.)
,
a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread
,
the thread of a male screw.

Male

,
Noun.
1.
An animal of the male sex.
2.
(Bot.)
A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Webster 1828 Edition


Male

MALE

,
Adj.
[L. masculus, from mas,maris.]
1.
Pertaining to the sex that procreates young, and applied to animals of all kinds; as a male child; a male beast, fish, or fowl.
2.
Denoting the sex of a plant which produces the fecundating dust, or a flower or plant that bears the stamens only, without pistils.
3.
Denoting the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding or female screw.

MALE

,
Noun.
Among animals, one of the sex whose office is to beget young; a he-animal.
1.
In botany, a plant of flower which produces stamens only, without pistils.
2.
In mechanics, the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding part or female screw.